Benjamin swift



(No Model.)

B. SWIFT.

{POLISHING IRONJ No. 390,817. Patented Oct. 9, 1888.

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NlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN S /VIFT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BENJAMIN O. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

POLISHING-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,817, dated October 9, 1888.

Ap; lication filed June 17, 1887 Serial No. 141,596. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SWIFT, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented a new and Improved Polishing-Iron,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved iron for polishing linen and similar articles.

to Theinvention consistsin a rectangular plate of metal having rounding polishing-edges at the ends and sides, combined with a handle do tachably secured thereto. When in position, said handle is rigidly connected to the head, and serves to give increased leverage to and a firm command over the polisher.

- Reference is to be had to the accoi'npanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view, part being broken away, of my improved polishing-iron; and Fig. 2 is a face view of same.

Ain the drawings represents the head proper of my improved polisher. This is shown in Fig. 2 as of rectangular outline, with rounded but straight ends and sides a, which constitute smooth rounded polishing'surfaces,

The head A carriesahandle, B, which is removably secured thereto by means of a screw,

I), carried by the handle entering a threaded aperture, d, in the baclr of the head A, preferably near its center. The handle B is long enough to receive both hands of the operator, and preferably has depressions e and ffor convenience of gripping. I prefer to make the handle B of some non-conductor of heat.

To use this polishing-iron, the handle B should first be removed from the head A. The head A is then heated to a sufiicient degree, and the handleB then placed in position on it o by inserting the screw b into the holed, which can be done without touching the heated head with the hands. The operator then grasps the handle B and rubs one of the rounded surfaces a over the article to be polished. By the 5 use of this handle I am enabled to get a good leverage and afirm command of theiron. By making my handle removable it is at all times l cool and ready to be grasped by the bare hands;

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- In a polishing-iron, the rectangular head A, having rounded but straight polishing-edges a at the ends andsides, combined with the handle B, detachably secured to the iron head 5 5 A, substantially as described.

BENJAMIN SWIFT. Witnesses:

HARRY M. TURK, CHARLES M. THOMAS. 

